You have to get the balance of the plane right for it to fly safely. Why does she not get it??
In this case I don’t think it was a weight-and-balance issue, it was the seat-belt extender she wanted, which is considered to be a tripping hazard.
Either way, she needs to quit whining.
It seems that balance wasn’t the issue. It was her request for a seat belt extender in the emergency exit row. She requests that row knowing that seats in front don’t recline. She also appears incapable of assisting which is required in that row.
Anything to make the pilot's job easier.
Safety first.
Especially in an airplane.
“You have to get the balance of the plane right for it to fly safely. Why does she not get it??”
Ha ha.
That’s not why.
“Delta’s company policy states that seat belt extenders cannot be used in the exit row...”
The issue was that you do not want a beached whale blocking the emergency exit.
Yes. Weight and Balance are definitely a factor. But 1, I seriously doubt if one overweight passenger affects it that much on a big jet. And 2, If W&B truly are a concern, she belongs right amidships. I’ve a hunch a flight attendant was in a bitchy mood.
A jet isn’t a Teeter Todder.........
True, but it sounds like moving her was handled in a very insensitive manner.
Right one overweight person is going to unbalance the plane, jeeze what baloney, and I guess intentionally embarrassing her was all for her own good too right?
“...Manjee says she asked for a seat belt extender to be more comfortable when she sat down, even though she can do without one. It’s part of her routine when she’s traveling for business, along with picking an emergency exit row seat....
...Delta gave us this statement about the incident:
Delta sympathizes that this customer was asked to move by a flight attendant from an exit row seat so we could fully comply with FAA safety regulations that no customer in an exit row can use a seatbelt extender. We understand that this was disappointing to the customer and we have apologized and offered a token of our apology.
Delta’s company policy states that seat belt extenders cannot be used in the exit row due to the likelihood that the dangling strap may become a hazard for passengers attempting to exit the aircraft in the event of an emergency....”
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Let’s see...the FAA safety regulations require that NO PASSENGER WHO USES A SEAT BELT EXTENDER MAY SIT IN AN EXIT ROW.... and this “customer’s” routine when traveling is to PICK AN EXIT ROW SEAT AND TO ASK FOR A SEAT EXTENDER. My suspicious mind suspects that this customer knows her FAA regs and has been waiting for an eventual and foreseeable opportunity to hit the law suit settlement jackpot.
That woman doesn’t need to be in the Exit Row.